† ˈpondeˌrose, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. ponderōsus heavy, weighty, f. pondus, ponder-: see -ose.]
Weighty, ponderous, huge.
| [c 1400, c 1485: see ponderous 1, 3.] a 1734 North Exam. i. iii. §98 (1740) 191 Bulky Sums paid, ponderose Armies raised. Ibid. iii. vi. §64. 470 A grand Alliance, with the Emperor and Spain, brought down a ponderose Army out of Germany. |